Cleaning Up

These bits and pieces of trash need to be tidied up. See how many you can find.

Created by Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids

 — Posted March 25, 2022

For thousands of years, people had to deal with their own garbage. It was messy, but historians and archeologists can learn a lot from what people threw away.

This game is from the April 2022 issue of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids and has students find and sort items into organic compost, e-waste recycling, and metal/plastic/glass/paper recycling.

Download the PDF of the “Cleaning Up” game.

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